Minimum Toys Needed

It features dozens and dozens of different characters of different styles, types and elements that can all be used to unlock various play areas and modes within the game. Skylanders Superchargers adds Vehicles into the mix. Vehicles of different types and elements, naturally.

So, what is the minimum amount of stuff you need to purchase to enjoy all of what Skylanders Superchargers has to offer?

First of all, if this is your first Skylanders rodeo, you'll have to buy the Starter Pack. The Standard Edition costs $74.99 and includes the game, the Portal of Power that is used to scan in characters and vehicles, two characters and one land vehicle.

This will allow you to play all the way through adventure mode but you'll have to skip the air and sea sections of every level in addition to the air and sea races at the Academy. This is a fairly beefy chunck of the game so you'll probably want to shell out for an air and a sea vehicle for $14.99 each.

The non-Wii U Dark Edition Starter Packs come with a land and sea vehicle (Wii U Dark Edition comes with two land vehicles) but it's $25 more than the Standard Edition so it's cheaper to buy the Standard and two additional vehicles.

Alternatively, if you own one of the previous games, you could also purchase the Portal Owner's Pack from the Wii U, Xbox One or Playstation 4 shops for $49.99. This will give you a digital copy of the game, one character and one vehicle. Any additional figures you purchase can be used with a Portal of Power from any of the previous games (although, Traps will only work with the portals from Trap Team and Superchargers).

So, the Standard Edition Starter Pack and two vehicles brings us to $104.97 plus tax.

These challenges are fairly unique but other than the associated rewards, you're honestly not missing much.

At Skylanders Academy (the game's hub world), the Great Grizzo guards an Element Gate that leads to a vehicle challenge for each of the 10 elements. Assuming the land, sea and air vehicles you own are different elements, you now need to buy an additional seven vehicles, making sure you have each element covered.

Available for $34.99 each are Racing Packs: one for land, one for sea and one for sky. Each pack unlocks a few race tracks and a few extra challenges and modes. Each pack comes with a Skylander and vehicle.

There are also special quests offered to each Supercharger Skylander. These are mostly just "kill 20 enemies with this specific attack"-type quests so you're not really missing unique content, just more opportunities for rewards.

Additionally, there are special challenges offered to each Supercharger Skylander and its associated vehicle. Again, these are usually "complete a this race under special conditions"-type challenges so again, you're not really missing unique content, just more opportunities for rewards.

But, if you wanted to see everything, you would need all 18 Supercharger Skylanders and their vehicles as well as the three Racing Packs. Keep in mind that not all Skylanders and Vehicles are available yet. Some may eventually come out in packs like the one on the right that includes two vehicles and a Skylander for $29.99 which is about $13 cheaper than buying them individually.

Well, okay. Every single Skylander available for the previous four games also work in this game so if you want to shell out over $1500 for every single character, be our guest and please send a picture of your collection!

There are about 130 Skylanders and they MSRP for about $13 a pop.

And don't forget, a bunch of the characters have multiple different variants so you're looking at well over 300 figurines. Gotta collect 'em all!